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ponding to 1188 A. D. The text of the inscription is extermely corrupt, as noted above. So far as orthography is concerned (dental) S is invariably used for S (palatal) except once e... Sri for Śri (line 1), sişya or sisva for sisya ilines 1 & 2). Indiscriminate use of the long i and the short i, e g. Virasena for Virasena, şişya for sişya (both line 2) and so on, violation of the rules of euphonic combination e. g. devatat=sīşya for devastat = sişya sişya Sri for sisyah ģri etc, are also some of the noticeasle points in the orthography of the text. The variant forms of the subjoining "ya" deserve mention in this connection, thus: in (line l) and line 2.).
The importance of the inscription lies in the succession list of Jain Pontiffs it supplies us with begining froin a certain Sri N lai] viradeve. It is suid that this V (ai) vīradeva had a disciple Sai (Manij ka (Manikaya) deva whose disciple was Sri V. (I) ra scna deva whose disciple was på sin sa sena deva, the last having a disciple in V (ra?] na sena deva. The Gaccha or the Gaña is not mentioned,
The text is read as follows: Line I. Sam ma [m] 1245 S Shit N (ai viradeva tats (s)sya S(Siri Line 2. (Mami] ka (Manikya) senadeva tat S (s! 1 (i) ş ya Sri
Vi (i) resenadeva ta ] Line 3. t si (si) șya Pa (r) gasenadeva tat si (šiş;a Vira?) na
senadeva iti (1) The line of Jain teachers mentioned in the inscription is not otherwise known although írom the names it appears to be some branch of the Sena gana to which Vira sena, the author of Dhavala commentary and Jina sena, the author of Adipurana Lelong. Of this Sena gana we get a certain Lakşmisena belonging to the Mala Sangha and Saraswati gaccha. He flourished in the 16th. cent, A.D. and. pertained to the line of Kundakunda. In this connection we may make reference to the Pattávali of the Senagala published in the J. A. Although there occur such names as Mánikasena, Virasena etc. the order of succession does not tally at all with that in the present inscription.
1. Vide, Pratim) lekha Sangraha by K. P. Jain, p. 25. no. 54. 2. A Pattivali of the Senagala-by A.N. Upadhyaga, (J.A. Vol Xlll. 2. p. 1)
